“He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.”

“By virtue of its unbounded aggression, Roman imperialism was ultimately responsible for its own destruction.”

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”

“A state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation's citizens.”

“When, in 2012, Newt Gingrich was asked about how his religious beliefs would affect his conduct should he become president, the Republican nominee hopeful answered, "One of the reasons I am running is there has been an increasingly aggressive war against religion and in particular against Christianity" in the United States. For a potential president to state that he sees himself as a wartime candidate who will defend his party against other citizens is astonishing. There is not even a pretense here of "united states".”

“The cause neither of truth nor of love is promoted by suppressing warranted criticism.”